Indian Football

20 articles tagged with "Indian Football"

Aug 20, 2026

Diamond Harbour climbed four tiers in three seasons, and 55 lakh rupees stopped them at the last one

The AIFF has confirmed the Indian Super League will run with 13 clubs in 2026-27. The club that won promotion is not one of them, and nobody takes the...

Aug 20, 2026

Gill saves twice, and East Bengal are 90 minutes from ending a 22-year Durand Cup wait

A goalless semi-final at Salt Lake went to penalties, where East Bengal won 5-3. Their goalkeeper had already kept Sporting Club Delhi out from the sp...

Aug 19, 2026

Diamond Harbour have until 2pm to pay, and the ISL has moved to 10 October

The Indian Super League will now start on 10 October, five weeks later than the date that had been in circulation. Diamond Harbour FC, who won promoti...

Aug 18, 2026

Mohun Bagan needed 18 penalties to reach a semi-final against the team that beat them on penalties

The 135th Durand Cup semi-final line-up was settled on Monday: Mohun Bagan survived a 9-8 shootout with Jamshedpur, and Alaaeddine Ajaraie’s hat-trick...

Aug 17, 2026

Vishnu’s header puts East Bengal in the semi-finals, 22 years after their last Durand Cup

East Bengal beat Indian Army FT 1-0 at Salt Lake to reach the Durand Cup semi-finals, where unbeaten SC Delhi are waiting on Wednesday.

Aug 14, 2026

The ISL restarts on 4 September with 13 clubs, and the clubs now hold the commercial rights

India’s top division returns on 4 September after a summer in which it nearly did not happen at all. Thirteen teams will play it, one fewer than plann...

Aug 14, 2026

The Durand Cup quarter-finals are set, and Mohammedan are not in them

The 135th Durand Cup group stage finished on Thursday night. Mohun Bagan and East Bengal both came through it. Mohammedan SC, beaten by a debutant fro...

Aug 11, 2026

Mohanraj saves at 0-0, Gogoi scores twice, and NorthEast United go through with a perfect record

NorthEast United are into the Durand Cup quarter-finals as Group F winners. The closest FC1 came to them was a penalty in the seventh minute.

Aug 11, 2026

Jai Agarwal has bought into Guarda FC, and the plan runs through India

Guarda FC, seven years old and in Portugal’s fourth tier, have taken on an Indian shareholder. The announcement made in Portugal and the one that reac...

Aug 11, 2026

SC Delhi put seven past the Air Force and go through as Group C winners

Seven goals from six different scorers in Ranchi, and a group stage finished without dropping a point. SC Delhi are into the Durand Cup quarter-finals...

Aug 9, 2026

East Bengal have scored 13 and conceded one, and Mohun Bagan still win Group A

Six points, 13 goals scored, one conceded, and second place. East Bengal’s Durand Cup group is finished, and Mohun Bagan have already won it with a ga...

Aug 2, 2026

An 8-0, three hat-tricks and a 1-0 derby: the Durand Cup group stage so far

Why the group stage of Asia’s oldest football tournament keeps producing lopsided scorelines, and what it means for the quarter-final race that starts...

Jul 28, 2026

Qatar national football team: full squad and key players

Qatar reached the 2026 World Cup through qualifying for the first time and went out in the group stage. Here is the full 26-man squad, the players who...

Jul 28, 2026

The Indian Football League returns on 16 October with a three-foreigner cap

The IFL Governing Council has set 16 October as the start of the 2026-27 season and agreed to limit clubs to three foreign players in the starting ele...

Jul 9, 2026

The greatest Indian football players of all time

From the golden-era greats of the 1950s and 60s to Sunil Chhetri’s record-breaking goals, these are the greatest Indian football players of all time,...

Jul 1, 2026

India national football team: the current squad and key players

A clear guide to the India national football team in 2026: the squad Khalid Jamil has named, who captains the side, the key players, and where the Blu...

Jun 13, 2026

Qatar open their World Cup against Switzerland, two years after ending India’s qualifying run

The reigning Asian champions, who knocked India out of qualifying, return to the World Cup for the first time on merit. Switzerland, in the round of 1...

May 31, 2026

India finish the Unity Cup bottom as a Dube penalty seals Zimbabwe’s third-place win

A first-half penalty from Prince Dube gave Zimbabwe a 1-0 win in the Unity Cup third-place play-off, and India went home from London bottom of the tou...

May 25, 2026

Three promotions in three seasons: Diamond Harbour FC end IFL 2025-26 as champions and walk into the ISL

Hugo Diaz’s stoppage-time header in Goa wrapped up the IFL title with a game to spare. The Kalyani defeat that followed could not undo the climb from...

May 12, 2026

0-3 to China hurts, but India’s U-17 women just left a marker the AIFF cannot ignore

India’s U-17 women bowed out of the AFC Asian Cup to hosts China, but the campaign broke a 22-year quarter-final drought for Indian women’s football a...